"Only 5-6 people are not the culprits. The victim is as guilty as
her rapists... She should have called the culprits brothers and
begged before them to stop... This could have saved her dignity
and life. Can one hand clap? I don't think so."

CNN IBN reports that his spokesperson Neelam Dube has since
come out to say that he has been misrepresented by the press and
that he was just warning his female devotees to be careful. "His
statement is being misquoted...he just said that the victim is 1
per cent to be blamed," Nube said. "She shouldn't have taken that
bus. He was just asking his female devotees to be careful, media
is misquoting him."

India's ruling Congress Party has since called on him to withdraw
his comments. Many have blamed misogynistic views and moral
policing on the part of many
Indian policemen and policymakers for India's horrible record
on sexual violence against women.

Meanwhile, five of the six accused in the gang rape and murder of
the 23-year old were brought to Delhi's Saket District Court for
trial but a ruckus
created by lawyers that denounced a lawyer representing the
accused delayed the court proceedings. It also forced the court
to allow an
in-camera trial that prevents the media from reporting any of
the news without the court's permission. Their next hearing is
scheduled for January 10.

The sixth accused could face charges in a juvenile court as
police still wait bone-density test results.